*Ryan Griffin, Conor Finnucane, Mikey O’Neill and Matt Shea are among the most experienced members of the Lissycasey side. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography
LISSYCASEY have turned to a member of their 2007 Clare SFC winning management to lead the line for the club’s senior team in 2026 and he will be joined by two former county footballers and one ex Limerick hurler in his set-up.
Almost a decade on from serving as a selector with the only Lissycasey team to lift the Jack Daly, David Considine has been appointed as manager of the club’s senior football side.
He succeeds three-time Clare SFC winning manager, Aiden ‘Horse’ Moloney who stepped down as manager following three seasons which included guiding Lissycasey to win the Cusack Cup in 2024 and reaching three quarter-finals and one semi-final.
Considine who was a selector to Declan Conway alongside James Healy in 2007 when Lissycasey won their maiden Clare SFC title is back involved with the seniors for the first time. An auctioneer with the family owned Pat Considine Auctioneers since 2005, David played at all levels with the club, most recently with the Junior Bs in 2025 also forming part of their management. He was a selector for their Minor A winning side of 2014.
Joining him is a strong ticket including some of the county’s most respected coaching figures.
Chief among them is Kilkee native Ger Keane who has been heavily involved with Lissycasey since relocating to the parish. The former Clare footballer who served as a senior selector to both Mick O’Dwyer and Colm Collins was most recently part of the Lissycasey U16 management crowned county champions with his son Liam part of their attack. A five-time McGrath Cup winner, the secondary school teacher is currently part of the Clare minor football management.
Manager of the county minors, Joe Hayes is also forming part of the new Lissycasey management. The involvement of him and Keane will increase when the inter-county campaign concludes. Hayes was goalkeeper for the Clare’s senior footballers for thirteen years up until retiring from inter-county action in November 2017. He was part of the Tipperary management in 2020 when they won the Munster championship while he joined Colm Collins’ Clare management for a season in 2023.
Ambition is growing in Lissycasey, largely in part to their growing representation on county panels at all levels. Quality coaching has helped in this development and one of the leading lights in this aspect has been John Joe McMahon who has steered the club to success to Féile and U14 championship success in 2020 along with managing them to win a fifth ever Minor A championship in 2023. His son Diarmuid is part of the Clare U20 panel, having represented the club senior team for the first time last season.
Former Limerick hurler, Brian Geary who resides in Lissycasey is understood to be on board as one of Considine’s selectors. He played senior hurling for Limerick over thirteen years, making forty five championship appearances including the 2007 All-Ireland final defeat to Kilkenny. He won All-Ireland U21 titles in 2000 and 2001. He won four Limerick senior football championships with Monaleen and also won a Munster U21 football championship with Limerick in 2001, they lost the All-Ireland final to Tyrone that season.
Megan Downes is to remain involved as S&C coach with the side. The Cooraclare woman who is part of the Clare intermediate ladies football team has recently linked up with Paul Madden’s Clare senior football set-up, serving as assistant S&C coach to Anton Mobian.
